Cover -- How purchasing became a strategic function: from purchasing to external resources management -- Supply resource management: Salomon and his network of subcontractors in Romania -- How purchasing managers can benefit from new opportunities -- Geopolitics: a new field of expertise for...

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has, since its establishment in 2007, transparently communicated its priorities and activities to its different audiences. One of the key challenges facing ECHA is to ensure that its role, objectives and policies are effectively communicated to a diverse...

"This paper develops a model where firms make state-dependent decisions on both pricing and acquisition of information. It is shown that when information is not perfect, menu costs combined with the aggregate price level serving as an endogenous public signal generate rigidity in price setting...